Most local bakeries make rolls with little feeling, flavor or sweetness. A notable exception is the student University cafe, Cafe Anna. The Brusnika berries, a little tart and very tasty in their homemade rolls!

Favorite Dish: Pirogi Rolls with Brusnika berries.

At the eastern end of Palace Embankment, along the Neva by the Troitsky Bridge, and before you reach the elegant iron railings of the Summer Garden, the St. Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts.2 and 4 Palace Embankment

Nos. 2 and 4 Palace Embankment are are now merged into one to building, the St. Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts and associated to this day primarily with two of Catherine the Greatís grandees, Ivan Ivanovich Betskoy (1704-95), renowned for his progressive educational ideas, and Nikolai Ivanovich Saltykov (1736-1816), veteran of the Seven Years War, field marshal, senator, and tutor to the Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich who lived there.